The City of Houston has proclaimed Thursday, June 30, 2016, as James Mervyn Adams Day!
Dr. James Adams was presented with a proclamation from the City of Houston designating Thursday, June 30, 2016 as James Mervyn Adams Day at an event honoring his legacy and retirement on June 29 in the Feigin Center lobby.
The proclamation reads, in part, “A cofounder of Texas Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Dr. James Adams became the leader and medical director of one of the largest NICUs in the United States, growing a humble four bed-unit to a 178-bed Newborn Center over 30 years.
In 1978, with vision and determination, Dr. Adams established the first Texas Children’s Hospital Neonatal Transport Service, eventually becoming known as the Kangaroo Crew Neonatal Transport Service.
Dr. Adams was the first physician to design, develop and implement a new Texas Children’s Hospital Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program and a Pediatric Respiratory Care Program, bringing neonatal nurse practitioners and respiratory therapists to the forefront of newborn care in the Texas Children’s Hospital NICU.
Few people in one’s lifetime can actually bend the course of medical history. Professor James M. Adams has undoubtedly bent the history of Neonatology at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and across the nation.
After more than 46 years of dedication to saving the lives of newborns and improving their birth outcomes, Dr. Adams has chosen to begin a well-earned retirement on June 30. In recognition and appreciation of his dedication and loyal service, the City of Houston congratulates and commends, Dr. James Mervyn Adams on this milestone occasion and extends best wishes for a long and happy retirement.”
Dr. Adams will be missed but his legacy and dedication to providing only the best care for our patients will never leave us.